COCA - SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY, and BIOLOGY

What follows are links to the full texts of papers on the science, chemistry and biology of coca, many of them dating back hundreds of years, when interest in coca wasn't undermined by racism.

• "Identification and quantitation of alkaloids in coca tea" (English)
  Amanda Jenkins et al. (1996), in Forensic Science International
• "Identification and quantitation of alkaloids in coca tea" (Español)
  Amanda Jenkins et al. (1996), in Forensic Science International
• Analysis of alkaloids in leaves of cultivate Erythoxylum and characterization of alkaline substances used during coca chewing
  Laurent River (1981), in J. Ethnopharmacology
• Comparative lethality of coca (LD50 = 3450) and cocaine (LD50 = 31) [for table salt, LD50 = 3000, for caffeine, LD50 = 192]
  by John Bedford et al. (1982), Pharm. Biochem. Behavior
• Therapeutic value of coca in contemporary medicine
  by Andrew Weil (1981), J. Ethnopharmacology
• Coca alkaloid concentrations in the blood of coca chewers
  by Bo Holmstedt et al (1979), J. Ethnopharmacology
• "Chemistry of the Coca Bases"
  by Dr. O. Hesse (1889), in Pharmaceutical Journal, 27 April 1889
• "Coca Alkaloids"
  by Alfred Henry Allen (1907), from "Commercial Organic Analysis" (Volume 3, Part 2)
• Cocatannic Acid - from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca grown in India
  by C.J.H. Warden (1888), in Pharmaceutical Journal, 26 May 1888
• "The Actions of Solutions on the Sense of Taste"
  by Louis Kahlenberg (1898), from "Bulletin of the Univ. of Wisconsin" (Volume 3, No. 1)
• "Produccion Ecologica de La Coca"
  by Viceministerio de Coca y Desarrollo Integral (2009), La Paz, Bolivia
• Data on basic chemistry and solubility of main coca alkaloids
  by Laboratory and Scientific Section (2012), U.N. Offices on Drugs and Crime, Vienna

• Peru: history of coca, "the divine plant" of the Incas
  by W. Golden Mortimer (1901), J.H. Vail & Company, New York (ARCHIVE) - classic text on coca
• "Travels in Peru: Coca" (Chapter XV)
  by Dr. J.J. Von Tschudi (1854), A.S. Barnes & Co., Cincinnati (GUTENBERG)
• "On the Leaves of the Coca of Peru"
  by Dr. H.A. Weddell (1855), in American Journal of Pharmacy, Volume 27, page 33
• "Coca and Cocaine: their history, medical and economic uses"
  by William Martindale (1892), H.K. Lewis Publishers, London
• "Coca, Bolivian (poisonous)
  in "A Modern Herbal" by Mrs. M. Grieve (1931), Harcourt Brace & Company
• "Chap. 5: Pharmacology of Cocaine Abuse"
  by Kinfe Redda et al. (1989), in "Cocaine, Marijuana, Designer Drugs", CRC Press, Florida
• "Usos de la Hoja de Coca y Salud Publica"
  edited by Mercedes Villena Cabrera (1997), published by Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura, La Paz
• "Cocaine"
  NIDA Research Monograph #13 (1977), National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, Maryland